A fast-growing Arizona-based coffee shop chain with locations throughout the Grand Canyon State as well as Colorado and New Mexico saw its revenue grow by nearly 33% in the second quarter of this year, resulting in a return of $550.9 million.
That figure is significantly up from the company’s $415.8 million during the same period one year ago.
Headquartered in Tempe, Dutch Bros, with just over 1,200 outlets in more than two dozen states, has been on an expansion spree in the last two to three years. The company, which opened a record 154 new stores last year, is hoping to see the establishment of 181 more shops by the end of this year.
In a statement looking at the company’s second quarter sales, Christine Barone, Dutch Bros chief executive officer, said the latest figures “reflects the strength of the Dutch Bros brand,”
Launched in 1992 in Grants Pass, Oregon, Dutch Bros has flourished with a facility plan that has no indoor seating in favor of walk-up or drive-through stands. The company’s customer base “skews younger,” notes the Fresno Bee, adding: “Those customers like the sweet drinks and the late hours.”
The average Dutch Bros building size is anywhere from 850 to 1,000 square feet, with a scaled-down, utilitarian design.
A move on the part of the company to acquire for $105 million sixty-five locations belonging to the chain Salad and Go was last week challenged in court by the Springdale, Arkansas-based 7 Brew Coffee. That company said it had put forth a letter of intent to purchase the Salad and Go stores but was not given a chance to fully present its offer.
The matter is now before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
The dispute between Dutch Bros and 7 Brew, contends the publication Restaurant Business Magazine, is just the latest chapter in a “competitive dynamic between the two fast-growing chains and their willingness to devote tens of millions of dollars to secure new sites and keep them out of the other’s hands.”
August 15, 2026
By Garry Boulard
